Getting around this morning was slow going!..
Trying to find things, figure out what I had to make breakfast with and then locate the needed utensils, baking dishes, etc. We sat down to breakfast by noon, I believe🤔… biscuits and gravy.
4:00 was the church service. Lewis parked his CNG in side our gate and walked with us. Bros Samir and Kobid showed up on their motorcycles. Unlocked the metal building on a bamboo framework, propped the windows open with sticks, swept the concrete floor, set the plastic chairs up, put the songbooks out. There are 3 ceiling fans that have been installed since we were here last, a lovely improvement!!🤗 one of them was having issues so it was left it off.
Bro Liton showed up and also a regular attendee. Partway thru the service 3 children joined us..
The 10 yr old girl that sat down beside me, it sounded like she said her name was Oompa, and her brother and another boy found chairs on the men’s side. After church their mothers showed up in the entry.
The 2 Brothers conduct the service here, opening songs, message where he interpreted for us, but still difficult to follow. Lonnie did share a few thoughts. But it was so different from the Dhaka service where Jared led all the songs and him and Lonnie took turns with opening and message and was easy to follow….
Another great improvement since our last visit here: Annslie sat in church with me thru the entire service!!
On the way home we decided to check out the gathering behind the school or more specifically, to the right and behind of the mosque. It was a ”free medical camp” put on by a European Christian group. They were doing diabetes checks, there was a scale out there, blood pressure cuff,etc and they had just given a wheelchair to a man who was missing both legs just below the knee. There were speeches and clapping and the man in the wheelchair gave an emotional Thankyou speech. They wanted to give the white American a chance to talk in front of the 🎤 also but about that time it wouldn’t work, so Lonnie didn’t have to share any words after all!😎 we soon continued on our way home.
The toddler was overdue a nap but the church goers were all still hanging out at our gate. I don’t know what they were waiting for, but we headed inside to put Annslie down for a nap and recuperate…
Getting food on the table today has been a real challenge! Finally sat up to rice n beans, vinaigrette, and cabbage salad by 9:00!
Here is the Google maps link to our house here in Khulna
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